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concept of nursing 1
Incentive Spirometry quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Respiratory Therapist walks into a postoperative patient’s room with an incentive spirometer and the patient asks, “What is the purpose of that?” What is the most appropriate response describing the purpose of incentive spirometry? | It prevents postoperative pulmonary complications. |
| Which statement demonstrates the patient’s ability to perform incentive spirometry correctly? | The patient inhales slowly and deeply. |
| A Respiratory Therapist is assessing the patient’s ability to perform incentive spirometry correctly by viewing a return demonstration. When is additional patient education needed? | When the patient performs a series of short inspirations |
| A patient had a preoperative inspiratory capacity volume measurement of 6000 ml, which was equal to the patient’s predicted value before an appendectomy. What is the minimum acceptable postoperative volume to be achieved with an incentive spirometer? | 2000 ml |
| A patient with COPD is recovering from postoperative abdominal surgery. The prescribing practitioner has ordered an incentive spirometer to decrease the chance of pneumonia. Which is an unexpected long-term outcome? | Shortness of breath after the use of the incentive spirometer |
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